Aya Aboulatta is a corporate lawyer specialising in cross-border M&A.
Aya has experience across a wide range of corporate transactions including domestic and cross border M&A, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, public M&A and minority investments. She also has experience in corporate governance and company law advice.
Background
Aya joined the firm in 2024.
Aya is qualified in England & Wales, the Republic of Ireland (inactive) and Egypt (inactive).
Aya has a Master of Corporate Law from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor of Laws from Cairo University.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- an affiliate of funds advised by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited on its sale of Gardant S.p.A. to Italian listed doValue S.p.A. for cash and share consideration, and its participation in doValue's rights issue, for a total aggregate value of €460 million
- Abbeyfield Group and Banco Sudameris on its proposed acquisition of Banco Regional*
- Ørsted on its joint venture with ESB for the development of an Irish offshore wind portfolio*
- Global Shares plc on its sale to J.P.Morgan*
- the Ferrero Group on its acquisition of Eat Natural*
- BDT Capital on its investment in Charlotte Tilbury*
- Charles Taylor plc on its UK Takeover Code governed acquisition by Lovell Minnick Partners*
- CrowdStrike on its acquisition of Humio*
- Comcast Corporation on its UK Takeover Code governed acquisition of Sky*
- Temenos on its UK Takeover Code governed offer for Fidessa*
- A.P. Moller – Maersk on the disposal of its 50% shareholding in EDC to EGPC*
* Experience prior to joining Herbert Smith Freehills
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